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GOVERNOR
BEEBE ADDS SALINE COUNTY TO STATE INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE
LIST
LITTLE ROCK – Governor Mike Beebe has added Saline County
as the 13th county where storm and flood victims may be eligible for limited
State aid from the Governor's Disaster Fund. Beebe earlier authorized the
assistance for Arkansans with uninsured damage to their primary residences in
Columbia, Franklin, Grant, Johnson, Lincoln, Logan, Lonoke, Ouachita, Pulaski,
Scott, Union and White Counties.
Eligibility for the State assistance will be based on FEMA
disaster-damage guidelines. Victims whose residences have been rendered
temporarily or permanently uninhabitable due to the flooding and severe storms
on October 29 and 30 can contact the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management
at 1-888-683-2336. Applications for uninsured damage grants and temporary
housing assistance will be accepted through November 25.
Governor Beebe also added Stone County to the list of counties with a
State disaster declaration related to infrastructure damages caused by October
29 storms. A total of 52 Arkansas counties have now been granted State disaster
status due to severe weather in October.
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GOVERNOR
BEEBE AUTHORIZES $2,000,000 IN DISASTER FUNDS FOR FLOOD AND STORM
VICTIMS
LITTLE ROCK – Governor Mike Beebe has authorized
$2,000,000 from the Governor's Disaster Fund to provide limited individual
assistance for flood and storm victims in 12 Arkansas counties. Arkansans with
uninsured damage to their primary residences may be eligible for State aid in
Columbia, Franklin, Grant, Johnson, Lincoln, Logan, Lonoke, Ouachita, Pulaski,
Scott, Union and White Counties.
"While we will request a
Presidential Disaster Declaration for flooding damage to infrastructure in
Arkansas, we don’t believe we will meet the federal requirements for individual
assistance," Beebe said. "The State can provide limited funds to help uninsured
homeowners in the counties hardest hit start toward recovery."
Eligibility for the State assistance will be based on FEMA disaster damage
guidelines. Beginning Thursday morning, victims whose residences have been
rendered temporarily or permanently uninhabitable due to the flooding and severe
storms on October 29 and 30 can contact the Arkansas Department of Emergency
Management at 1-888-683-2336. Applications for uninsured damage grants and
temporary housing assistance will be accepted for two weeks.
A total
of 51 Arkansas counties have been granted State disaster status due to severe
weather in October.
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Governor's
Office | State Capitol Rm 250 | Little Rock, Arkansas
72201
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